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According to a statement by the parliament, the agreement signed on 24 January aims to implement African policies and strategies in space, utilizing space technologies to accelerate economic and sustainable development processes.
The statement added that the agreement will also play a significant role in boosting Egypt... | Space Technology |
GEORGE TOWN – Penang’s reputation as the “Silicon Valley of the East” has been reinforced following the launch of a mini-telecommunications satellite named PG-1 after the state into outer space recently.
With it, Penang now has its own satellite feed orbiting outer space with the capacity to provide faster internet con... | Space Technology |
A weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.
We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet. It brightens and forms a tail when it’s near the Sun, and it is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower, even though comets are responsible for most meteor showers. Scientists had blamed Ph... | Space Technology |
NASA has a new plan for its troubled tiny lunar probe, which is struggling to reach the moon.
The spacecraft, called Lunar Flashlight, launched in December 2022 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to search for water ice on the moon. The cubesat aimed to test a new "green" propellant during its four-month journ... | Space Technology |
NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload is set to launch to the ISS, aiming to demonstrate the potential of laser communications for faster data transmission. This collaboration with LCRD could revolutionize how data is relayed from space, offering rapid transfer rates.
NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions –... | Space Technology |
Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Taiwan is seeking to build cooperation with Germany and France on space technology, according to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which has sent a delegation to Europe to explore that possibility.The delegation, led by NSTC Minister Wu Tsung-tsong (吳政忠), has already met with aer... | Space Technology |
Hundreds of small aerospace businesses will receive grant funding from NASA to accelerate their technologies, as part of a wider government program to seed cutting-edge American enterprises.
A total of 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions received Phase I grants under the space agency’s Small Business Inno... | Space Technology |
1 of 12 Northrop Grumman James Webb Space Telescope More stars. More galaxies. More data on exoplanets. Deeper into the history of the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope rocked astronomy with its first major image release on July 11, 2022. Comparisons between Hubble Space Telescope and Webb views of the same cosm... | Space Technology |
That's why the Starlink project captured my attention from the first day. Space, antennas, and a lot of cool electronics. What could be better? I started following the Starlink project by collecting all the available public information. It was pure academic interest. Very quickly the "Starlink research" directory on my... | Space Technology |
Anti-dust tech paves way for self-cleaning surfaces
Dust is a common fact of life, and it's more than just a daily nuisance—it can get into machinery and equipment, causing loss of efficiency or breakdowns.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin partnered with North Carolina-based company Smart Material Solut... | Space Technology |
A historic rocket mission has set off from Cornwall as a specially converted Boeing 747 heads out over the Atlantic carrying a payload of nine satellites that it will propel into orbit.Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up mission is the first launch of satellites from European soil and is being heralded as the start of a new spa... | Space Technology |
Canada aims to add more satellites to its flagship Earth observation program "as soon as possible" thanks to a fresh funding infusion, a senior space official said in an exclusive interview.
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will receive substantial new government funding to extend the long-standing Radarsat satellite se... | Space Technology |
UFOThe team will announce their findings next year. Mark Stevenson/Stocktrek Images/Stocktrek Images/Getty ImagesA 16-person team — including an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer, and several astrobiologists — will soon begin its review of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA.The space agency announced ... | Space Technology |
For nearly five months, teams behind NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission have been trying to get the briefcase-sized satellite to fire up its thrusters and get on the right orbital track around the Moon. There’s now some hope with one of the thrusters showing some improvement as work continues on the remaining three.
The L... | Space Technology |
Construction of the world’s largest radio astronomy observatory, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has officially begun in Australia after three decades in development.A huge intergovernmental effort, the SKA has been hailed as one of the biggest scientific projects of this century. It will enable scientists to look ba... | Space Technology |
SYDNEY, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Rapid advancements in China’s military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space, the head of the United States military’s space wing said on Monday.Nina Armagno, director of staff of the U.S. Space Force, said Beijing had made significant progress in developing ... | Space Technology |
- A device on NASA's Perseverance Rover converted Mars' thin air into oxygen.
- The pilot project produced enough oxygen for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours.
- The next step is expanding the technology to create oxygen for humans and for rocket fuel.
NASA has a way to produce oxygen out of the air on Mars, and it c... | Space Technology |
Triple the fun — Was the Falcon Heavy a mistake by SpaceX? Enlarge / Falcon Heavy clears the tower during its maiden flight on February 6, 2018.Trevor Mahlmann As early as Tuesday morning, the Falcon Heavy will take flight for the first time since June 2019, ending a long period of inactivity for the world's most power... | Space Technology |
The latest U.S. military budget goes all-in on the notion that resilience will be a core feature of space programs. As evidence, the term surpasses 300 mentions in the Space Force’s 2024 budget documents.
“It’s amazing how many times you see the word resiliency in the budget justification materials,” said analyst Sam W... | Space Technology |
Satellite data is growing evermore crucial to a range of economic sectors, from digitalized industrial production to self-driving vehicles.
This demand is pushing the international space race to take on new dimensions, particularly in the private sector. Companies like SpaceX, with its huge fleet of satellites and rock... | Space Technology |
NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions – showcasing the benefits infrared light can have for science and exploration missions transmitting terabytes of important data.
The International Space Station is getting a “flashy” technology demonstration this November. The ILLUMA-T (Integrated Laser Co... | Space Technology |
China has been ramping up cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean as part of its strategic goal to gain space supremacy.
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- China is rapidly expanding space cooperation with Latin America
- Beijing is attempting to create new structures parallel to those of the U.S.
- Space geopolitics will become... | Space Technology |
The growing momentum behind Earth Observation technology is tipping over into the mainstream, with enormous opportunities for both upstream and downstream businesses.
A year ago, EY was introducing Space Tech to clients as a little-known new concept. By the end of 2022 a real and vibrant industry emerged, with 2023 set... | Space Technology |
India launches cut-price mission to land on Moon
India launched a rocket on Friday carrying an unmanned spacecraft to land on the Moon, its second attempt to do so as its cut-price space program seeks to reach new heights.
The heavyweight LVM3-M4 rocket lifted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Prades... | Space Technology |
One of the UK's biggest centres for space technology has secured funding to boost the nation's space industry.
Space Park Leicester will receive £284,000 from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to fund a cluster development manager for three years.
The person appointed will work with local government and businesses to coordin... | Space Technology |
An Indian spacecraft blazed its way to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, the country's space agency said. From a report: Chandrayaan-3, the word for "moon craft" in Sanskrit, took off from a launch pad in Srihar... | Space Technology |
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — As much as things change, they stay the same. Space exploration pushes the bounds of technology and innovation. Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt says it always has, and when he looks at the young researchers and engineers working on the Artemis program, he sees their Apollo predecessors. I... | Space Technology |
NASA awards $150 million to prototype tech for humans on the Moon, and above it
Inflatable heat shields, robot cable layers, and a furnace to burn lunar dust for minerals and oxygen
NASA is distributing $150 million between 11 US organizations developing technology and infrastructure supporting long-term human explorat... | Space Technology |
NASA’s CAPSTONE – short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – is in good health following a communications issue that began in late January, and the mission team is preparing for upcoming technology demonstration tests.
Beginning Jan. 26, CAPSTONE was unable to rec... | Space Technology |
The realm of space technology is in a perpetual state of expansion. Our collective endeavour to build Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) models suitable for space applications is steadily gaining momentum, driven by the potential such models have to transform space research. Key among their capabili... | Space Technology |
Oct 26 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the first segment of Russia's new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical development in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), should be put into operation by 2027.
In a meeting with space industry officials, Putin also... | Space Technology |
On Friday morning, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a mission that almost didn't happen. The Psyche spacecraft is now en route to an asteroid of the same name, but missteps at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) almost scuttled the mission last year. JPL got it back on track, and now the probe is on its way to stu... | Space Technology |
India's private space sector skyrockets
When Indian entrepreneur Awais Ahmed founded his satellite startup in Bangalore in 2019, his country was still a year away from opening the space industry to the private sector.
"When we started, there was absolutely no support, no momentum," said Ahmed, who was 21 when he founde... | Space Technology |
China’s Long March 5B rocket heading to the launch pad on Tuesday. Screenshot: CCTV/CNSAChina rolled out its Long March 5B rocket on Tuesday in anticipation of its upcoming liftoff to place the third and final piece of the Tiangong space station in orbit. It’s all very exciting, but an out-of-control core module will l... | Space Technology |
Transitioning to clean energy is imperative — and Europe is committed to achieving net zero emissions by the year 2050. But relying on existing renewable energy sources alone won’t do the trick. Intermittency of supply, pressures on land use, scalability, and toxic waste limit how quickly and effectively those solution... | Space Technology |
The Moon is so hot right now, metaphorically speaking. Several US government agencies, private space ventures, and foreign governments like China are plotting for mankind’s return to the lunar surface over the next decade. Unlike the days of Apollo, the modern-day race to the Moon involves establishing a sustainable pr... | Space Technology |
A recent report from British satellite communications company Inmarsat and Argentine consultancy Globant estimates the world could reach net zero up to ten years ahead of the 2050 target date if industries make the most of existing and emerging space-based satellite technology.
The research states that although satelli... | Space Technology |
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https://arab.news/gvym9 The recent establishment of a Higher Council for Space headed by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and the subsequent expansion of the Communications and Information Technology Commission to includ... | Space Technology |
FILE - This Tuesday, March 26, 2013 file photo provided by NASA shows the release of the SpaceX Dragon-2 spacecraft from the International Space Station. A delayed supply run to the International Space Station is now set to launch April 14, 2014. The private company SpaceX will be making its fourth trip to the space st... | Space Technology |
India's latest space mission entered the moon's orbit on Saturday ahead of the country's second attempted lunar landing, as its space program seeks to reach new heights.
The world's most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace program that is rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global space pow... | Space Technology |
On Saturday, the Russian space program lost the Luna 25 spacecraft, a relatively small vehicle that was due to land on the Moon this week. After a problem with the spacecraft's propulsion system, instead of entering a low orbit around the Moon, it crashed into the lunar surface.
The Russian mission to the Moon was one ... | Space Technology |
A Long March-7 Y3 carrier rocket carrying the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on May 29, 2021 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China.Yuan Chen | VCG | Getty ImagesRapid advancements in China's military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space... | Space Technology |
Need to get to Mars? This inflatable shield could help Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — When a large experimental heat shield inflated in space and faced the brutal reentry of Earth’s atmosphere last ... | Space Technology |
Fuel-Efficient OrbitsAfter launch, mission navigators will guide the spacecraft way past the Moon. It will then be slowly pulled back by gravity from Earth and the Sun before it settles into a wide, looping, science-gathering orbit. This near-rectilinear halo orbit will take it 42,000 miles (70,000 kilometers) from the... | Space Technology |
India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has beamed back its first photo of the moon's surface following its triumphant landing on Wednesday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) posted the stunning snap taken by the moon lander's imaging camera just over three hours after touchdown.
It shows a 'relatively' flat reg... | Space Technology |
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Three astronauts lifted off to China’s nearly completed space station on Tuesday, marking the beginning of the country’s long-term presence in space. It’s a major achi... | Space Technology |
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The global space industry is expected to eclipse $1 trillion over the next few decades. And while casual onlookers sometimes express skepticism of this rapid growth — often due to their disdain for the billionaires in the captain’s chai... | Space Technology |
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India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat.
The mission could cement India’s status as a global ... | Space Technology |
NASA is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to use a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, according to reports.In a press release on Tuesday, NASA said the nuclear thermal rocket engine could one day be used for NASA crewed missions to Mars. Artist concept of Demonstration for Ro... | Space Technology |
China’s Long March 5B rocket heading to the launch pad on Tuesday. Screenshot: CCTV/CNSAChina rolled out its Long March 5B rocket on Tuesday in anticipation of its upcoming liftoff to place the third and final piece of the Tiangong space station in orbit. It’s all very exciting, but an out-of-control core module will l... | Space Technology |
Bonny Omara (left) works with Edgar Mujuni at Japan's Kyushu Institute of Technology on the satellite that will be used to observe land conditions in Uganda. Bonny Omara hide caption toggle caption Bonny Omara Bonny Omara (left) works with Edgar Mujuni at Japan's Kyushu Institute of Technology on the satellite that wil... | Space Technology |
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Wednesday that it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space... | Space Technology |
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — A tiny spacecraft with big implications for lunar exploration is ready to launch. The miniscule satellite, called a CubeSat, is about the size of a microwave oven and ... | Space Technology |
The notion of capturing sunlight in space and beaming it to Earth has long been the stuff of science fiction. But as Jon Cartwright discovers, governments around the world are now taking “space-based solar power” seriously as a potential solution to our energy needs (Courtesy: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library) The ... | Space Technology |
Getty Images There are a couple of reasons why 2022’s hurricane season seems a little slower than average. U.S. officials on Tuesday promoted their work with African governments and industry to create space-based “early warning systems” to address the impacts of climate change. The collaboration, touted as President Bi... | Space Technology |
Saudi Arabia will send its first two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) during the second quarter of 2023, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday.
Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali al-Qarni will join the crew of the AX-2 space mission in an accomplishment that comes in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 20... | Space Technology |
“We are bringing a literal flashlight to the Moon – shining lasers into these dark craters to look for definitive signs of water ice covering the upper layer of lunar regolith,” said Barbara Cohen, Lunar Flashlight principal investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “I’m excited to see ... | Space Technology |
China To Start “Space Tourism” By 2025, With Tickets Costing About $350,000, Crossing The Kármán Line. Beijing may soon be able to send its first paying customers to the edge of space through space tourism as early as 2025, with tickets costing between 2-3 million yuan ($286,400-$429,600). This is according to China’s ... | Space Technology |
By Matt WilliamsIt has been said that within the next quarter century, the world’s first trillionaires will emerge. It is also predicted that much of their wealth will stem from asteroid mining, a burgeoning space industry where minerals and volatile compounds will be harvested from Near-Earth Asteroids. This industry ... | Space Technology |
SRIHARIKOTA, India -- An Indian spacecraft blazed its way to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, the country’s space agency said.
Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, took off from a launch pad in... | Space Technology |
- Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is heading to the moon as part of a NASA-led mission and believes Canada is better off collaborating with NASA. He encouraged the Canadian Space Agency to remain a key partner of NASA rather than to develop its own moon missions.
- Hansen emphasized the importance of meaningful collab... | Space Technology |
A pair of Shenzhou 14 astronauts outside Tiangong during the mission's third EVA on Nov. 16, 2022. Credit: CMSA HELSINKI — China intends to use its newly-completed Tiangong space station to test key technologies required for space-based polar power, according to a senior space official.
Robotic arms already operating o... | Space Technology |
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:45 UTC During the first week of November, a break bulk operation was carried out to unload rocket parts, a cargo that had never been seen in the Port of Santos A South Korean space startup for small launch vehicles, Innospace has signed a commercial contract to launch a Brazilian milita... | Space Technology |
Nasa has unveiled plans to test nuclear-powered rockets that would fly astronauts to Mars.The agency has partnered with the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space as soon as 2027, it announced on Tuesday.The project is intended to develo... | Space Technology |
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could tell us more about the formation of rocky planets. Psyche successfully launched 10:19 a.m. EDT Friday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Integrated ont... | Space Technology |
German aerospace company POLARIS Raumflugzeuge is advancing in its ambitions to produce disruptive aerospace technologies with a recent series of test flight demonstrations in advance of the development of AURORA, the company’s next-generation spaceplane concept with a name already familiar to longtime aviation enthusi... | Space Technology |
How AI can revolutionize health on long-duration spaceflightsArtificial intelligence is already revolutionizing many fields on Earth, but will it also have a significant impact on space exploration?Tejasri Gururaj| Sep 23, 2023 03:46 PM ESTCreated: Sep 23, 2023 03:46 PM EST scienceHow will AI change space exploration?t... | Space Technology |
HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor has conducted several successful high-altitude parachute deployment tests as part of plans to collect asteroid samples and deliver them safely to Earth.
The Academy of Aerospace Solid Propulsion Technology (AASPT) under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAS... | Space Technology |
BAKU, Azerbaijan — China will send new modules to its Tiangong space station in coming years to expand the outpost’s volume and capabilities.
Future plans for Tiangong were presented at the 47th International Astronautical Congress in Baku Oct. 4. Zhang Qiao of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) presented pla... | Space Technology |
By Ray Osorio
NASA recently built and tested an additively-manufactured – or 3D printed – rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum, making it lighter than conventional nozzles and setting the course for deep space flights that can carry more payloads.
Under the agency’s Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity, engineers... | Space Technology |
China Space Station
"We cannot speculate on why it has taken so long to get clearance or what the issues are," said Jayant Murthy, a senior Indian astrophysicist and manager of a project dubbed the first-ever space technology collaboration between China and India. It was expected to be the first international payload t... | Space Technology |
The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft has reentered Earth’s atmosphere, successfully completing its mission to demonstrate flight by light for small spacecraft. LightSail 2 reentered sometime on Nov. 17, according to orbital predictions.The reentry completes a mission of nearly three-and-a-half years, during w... | Space Technology |
In May 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-5 mission into orbit. The mission contained a collection of micro and nanosatellites from both industry and government, including one from MIT Lincoln Laboratory called the Agile MicroSat (AMS). AMS’s primary mission is to test automated maneuvering capabil... | Space Technology |
Image source, Truro and Penwith CollegeImage caption, The training includes the use of facilities at the £7m Valency centre in TruroApprenticeships and training courses in space technology have begun in Cornwall for people wanting roles in the sector.Cornwall Space and Aerospace Technology Training (CSATT) courses incl... | Space Technology |
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Long-time Slashdot reader Amiga Trombone writes: SpaceX will test the limits of its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday evening when it launches a booster on a record-breaking 16th flight.
The booster, tail number 1058, made its historic debut on May 20, 2020, carrying the first astronauts to ri... | Space Technology |
Indian lunar landing mission enters moon's orbit
India's latest space mission entered the moon's orbit on Saturday ahead of the country's second attempted lunar landing, as its cut-price space program seeks to reach new heights.
The world's most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace program that is r... | Space Technology |
TOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace inc (9348.T) is preparing to land its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) spacecraft on the moon early on Wednesday, in what would be the world's first lunar landing by a private company if it succeeds.
The M1 lander is set to touch down around 1:40 a.m. Japan time (1640 GMT Tues... | Space Technology |
Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been testing out ways to convert heat into electrical power.
A Stirling power converter developed by the Lanzhou Institute of Physics of China Academy of Space Technology was installed in a specialized equipment cabinet for basic tests in the Mengtian lab module of ... | Space Technology |
Splitting atoms — None of this will happen quickly. The technology is difficult and unproven. Enlarge / Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft.DARPA Nearly three years ago, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced its intent to develop a flyable nucl... | Space Technology |
The U.S. Space Force, operating under the Department of the Air Force, became the nation’s newest branch of the military after then-President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act in 2019.
"Now is the time to establish a team, a separate service totally focused on organizing, training and equipping... | Space Technology |
What just happened? A milestone in the long-term plan for bases on Mars was passed recently when NASA announced it had generated breathable oxygen from the planet's thin atmosphere. It's not a lot - enough to keep a small dog alive for over ten hours - but the hope is that similar technology could eventually allow astr... | Space Technology |
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama conducted a test of a new 3D-printed rocket nozzle designed for deep space.
The test was conducted as part of NASA's Reactive Additive Manufacturing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or RAMFIRE, project. RAMFIRE seeks to investigate the use of 3D printing ... | Space Technology |
A Florida-based company is gearing up for a demonstration of how a spacecraft can assemble itself while in orbit, and is aiming to launch the capability next year. What You Need To Know NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Redwire Space in Jacksonville on Tuesday The company is developing a spacecraft with the abilit... | Space Technology |
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RIYADH — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol explored the cutting-edge developments in the Kingdom's digital economy, innovation, and space ecosystem.
Welcomed by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Swaha at the innovation hub "The Garage," Yoon lauded Saudi Arabi... | Space Technology |
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In this photo released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Indian spacecraft Cha... | Space Technology |
India made history as the first country to land near the south pole of the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 lander on Aug. 23, 2023. This also makes it the first country to land on the moon since China in 2020.
India is one of several countries — including the U.S. with its Artemis program — endeavoring to land on the moon.... | Space Technology |
NASA is funding a concept for a space seaplane that could investigate the chemistry of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.The TitanAir project from Planet Enterprises' Quinn Morley could both soar through Titan's nitrogen-and-methane atmosphere and navigate its oceans. "Flying on Titan would be relatively easy thanks to its ... | Space Technology |
Construction of the world’s largest radio astronomy observatory, the Square Kilometre Array, has officially begun in Australia after three decades in development.A huge intergovernmental effort, the SKA has been hailed as one of the biggest scientific projects of this century. It will enable scientists to look back to ... | Space Technology |
ICON’s vision for Olympus, the multi-purpose ISRU-based lunar construction system. (ICON) AUSTIN: A Texas-based company that aims to 3D-print future moon and Mars bases received $57 million from NASA this week. Austin-based ICON received the five-year contract to build out construction methods to fabricate future roads... | Space Technology |
Private Sector, Collaborations, Reforms Driving India’s NewSpace Era: Deloitte-CII Report
India has the potential to increase its share in the global space economy from 2−3% to 9%, the report says.
The Indian space sector is witnessing a renaissance and the country is positioned for leadership as international collabor... | Space Technology |
The Eris rocket developed by Australian company Gilmour Space will be the first Australian system to go into orbit if it successfully launches next year Space 20 November 2022 The Eris rocket under constructionGilmour Space
Australian company Gilmour Space has nearly finished building a rocket that it will attempt to l... | Space Technology |
By Jared EvittsBBC NewsImage source, Space ForgeImage caption, The first Welsh satellite was built in a unit where burger vans used to be madeThe first satellite made in Wales is set to be launched into space later this year.Space Forge's satellite was built in a unit in Rumney, Cardiff, that was previously used to mak... | Space Technology |
NASA is always looking for new ideas, and it’s just selected the latest projects to fund under its Innovative Advanced Concepts program. Six research teams earned Phase II grants to continue developing their futuristic designs, which include a strategy for destroying Earth-threatening asteroids and a plan to let astron... | Space Technology |
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The first privately developed Indian rocket lifted off into the upper reaches of the atmosphere on Friday, in another milestone in the country's push to become a major space power. The half-tonne Vikram-S rocket launched before midday local time and travelled in an arc, live footage fr... | Space Technology |
Image source, Martin Giles/BBCImage caption, Rob Adlard, chief executive of Gravitilab, said the opportunities for Norfolk were "immense"An aerospace research company which is bidding to create an offshore spacesport has said opportunities for the UK space industry are "immense".Gravitilab wants to build a vertical lau... | Space Technology |
NASA’s Oxygen-Generating Experiment MOXIE Completes Mars Mission; Details Here
This tech could pave the way for future explorers to make their own rocket fuel and breathable air, NASA said.
American space agency NASA on Friday said that MOXIE, an oxygen-producing instrument on Perseverance Mars Rover has successfully c... | Space Technology |
For the first time ever, China has completed in-orbit experiments on liquid metal thermal management on its space station, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has announced.
During the experiments, the device operated stably, and a series of key technologies of bismuth-based metal, such as controlled melting, expansio... | Space Technology |
With all the excitement about current Mars missions, one might almost forget that we have a solar system full of fascinating worlds to visit. Take Titan, for example. It is Saturn's largest moon and is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere, making it a mysterious place. In addition to its unique atmosphere, Ti... | Space Technology |
Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumb trick inspires robotic exploration system for caves on Mars and beyond
House hunting on Mars could soon become a thing, and researchers at the University of Arizona are already in the business of scouting real estate that future astronauts could use as habitats. Researchers in the UArizon... | Space Technology |
ASEAN Beat | Security | Southeast Asia The country is committing significant amounts of resources toward becoming the space hub of Southeast Asia. Is it worth it? Credit: Depositphotos2023 is going to be a year marked by increased competition between states, big and small alike, to advance “territorial claims” in outer... | Space Technology |
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